Disable clutter for all users using PowerShell

The Exchange Online Clutter feature is automatically activated for all Exchange Online recipients and the issue with this “automation” is that, many times the Exchange administrator doesn’t want to activate the Clutter option or the users don’t understand the Clutter feature and the report that some mail are “missing” (mail items that were “moved” to the Clutter folder)

The good news is that every user has the option of disabling the clutter option but the less good news is that at the current time, the Exchange Online management web interface doesn’t include an option of disabling the Clutter option in bulk mode

The solution is to use a PowerShell command that runs in a bulk mode on all of the existing Exchange Online mailboxes and disable the Clutter option.

The PowerShell command that we need to run is very simple

Connect to Exchange Online using PowerShell

PowerShell console – First-time configuration

To be able to find the built-in PowerShell console, use the search option in the start menu by looking for the word PowerShell.

In the search results, we can see the required PowerShell console named – Windows PowerShell

To be able to run the required PowerShell commands, we will need to activate the Windows PowerShell console using the option of – Run as administrator

Right click on the Windows PowerShell icon and choose the menu – Run as administrator

We will need a PowerShell command that will provide the required permission for running PowerShell command

In the following screenshot, we can see an example. To execute the PowerShell command, press the ENTER key

Running the PowerShell set of command for connecting Exchange Online

The connection to Exchange Online by using remote PowerShell is implemented by using three sets of PowerShell command.

Technically, we can copy this set of command and paste it on the windows PowerShell console.

When we use the option of “copy and paste” for paste a “long set” of PowerShell command we can experience some problem which relate to problems such as – spaces etc.

If you experience such problems, try to paste the PowerShell command by copy and paste each one of the PowerShell command set.

Step 1#3 – using the credentials PowerShell command

Copy and paste the following PowerShell command

As a result, an authentication window will appear

Type in your Office 365 global administrator credentials.

Step 2#3 – connecting to Exchange Online 

The following PowerShell command serves for specifying the Exchange Online URL address that is used for the remote PowerShell session

Step 3#3 – Import Exchange Online PowerShell cmdlets

This is the last phase; which we import all of the Exchange Online cmdlets to the existing PowerShell console.

Copy and paste the following PowerShell command

In the following screenshot, we can see the result.

Disable Clutter for all users using PowerShell

To be able to disable the Clutter option for all existing Exchange Online mailboxes, in the PowerShell console run the following command:

In the following screenshot, we can see the result, the PowerShell command will find all of the existing Exchange Online mailboxes and disable the Clutter feature

It’s important to mention that the procedure of disabling the Clutter option will be “executed” only for existing Exchange Online mailboxes.

In case that a new Exchange Online mailbox was created after you have run the PowerShell command, you will need to run again the PowerShell command for disabling the Clutter option for the “New Exchange Online mailboxes”.

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